Automobile-engine hood and drain-trough therefor



G.. B. STOWE.

AUTOMOBILE ENGINE HOOD AND DRAIN THOUGH THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED 001.4, |918.

1,385,082. Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

G. B. STOWE..

AUTOMOBILE ENGINE HOOD AND DRAIN THOUGH THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4 I9I8.

1,335,082. Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

I I I GEORGE B. STOWE, OF GAL'VESTON, TEXAS.

AUTOMOBILE-ENGINE noon AND DRAIN- TROUGH afirmaron.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'Patented Ma'r.3o,19'2o.

Application led October 4, 1918. Serial-No. 256,900.`

T o all whom it may concern.: j

.Be it known that I, GEORGE B. STOWE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gralv'eston, in the county of (xal'veston, State of' Texas,have invented new and useful Automobile-Engine Hoods and Drain-T'roughsTherefor; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will `enable others skilledin the art/to whichit'apper- I tains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved Iautomobile .hood and particularlydrain4 troughs therefor, which' are especially adapt-` ed for use inconnection with the hood-adjacent the joints between the sections of thehood, and the joints between ythe hood,the

dash and the radiator. l' l In providing this improved structure, it isthe aim to drain the water (which may seep through theK longitudinaland` transverse joints) `to the forward end of the hood and to eitherside thereof in case'of transverse joints, thereby preventing the water4from reaching the spark plugs and-various moving parts of the engine.

The invention further aims to provide an improved drain trough for thehinge joint of the upper part of the hood, said trough being connectedto one section of the hood and to one side of the lhinge joint inany vsuitable manner, either b riveting, welding or the like, preferablyv ymeans of spotwelding.

The invention further aims to provide av drain trough othiskind havingits opposite ends,closed,and a drain tube connectedto the under part ofthe forward end of said drain trough is secured to its supporting,

trough, for draining the water to one side. A further object of theinvention yis to provide a drain trough foreach of the sidejoints of thehood, and for each end offthe hood, and in each instance, one 'sid'eofthe means, as in the case of the trough for he upper central joint ofthe hood.

In the drawings Figure 1. is a view in side elevation 'ofan automobileengine hood showing the various drain troughs adjacent the respectivejoints vdrain trough for the central In practical fields the details ofconsti-li i 12, and the ianges''ly tion may necessitate alterationsfalling' arts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the rawings'andclaimed.y

of thefhood, parts of the hood being broken away to show the structure.

Fig. 2 is a sectionaly viewon line 2-2 of Fi l.

F ig. 3 is a detail perspectiveview of two lsections of the hood,lshowing *drainA trough for the central hinge jo1nt.

Fig. 4 is a'view inv elevation of the drain trough, which is secured tothe forward face of the dash.

drain troughs which are transversely disposed under the ends of thehood.

Fig. 7 is -a detail perspective view of the joint between the sectionsof the hood. l

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one of the drain troughs' for theside joints of the sections of the hood. I Referring more especially tothe drawings, 1 designates an engine hood as a whole, andl this khoodcomprises the usual side sections 2 and 3, and 'the upper curved orarchedsections 4 and 5. The side section 2 is secured in any suitablemanner to one .side of the frame or chassis of the automobile as signedto be detachably connected to the opposite side of the chassis or framein'any suitable manner (not shown). 'The sections 4 and 5 have theiradjacent portions hingedly united in the usualmanner as shown at 7,while the oppositeedge portions of the indicated at 6, while the other'section 3 is del sections 4 land 5k respectively, are hingedly vconnected in the usual manner kas at 8 to the side sections 2 and 3respectively. yThe dash 9 of the automobile ony its front face isprovided with a flan e 10, `which is in the form of an arch in or er toconform to the cross-l sectional shape of thejhood. A drain trou h `11is provided. y This drain trough 11 is o a thepross sectional shape and14. The ange 13 is secured in any suitable manner,-prefer 43 ably bywelding or the `like to the ange 10 of the dash*9f.` It is to be vnotedthaty the drain trough 11 is constructedin such a mannerthatthe flange1,4 hasitsupper surfaceyon a 4levell with the'outer or up rsurface ofthe ange 10, 'sothat when At `e auto- .moble hood ism position, 4asshown clearly -ovided with a channel in Figs. 'l and2',"thejhood willengage the upper surfaces of the flanges 10 ,and 14,

.water throughthe hinged joint'adj acent the channel, will be drainedthrough the channel through either side ofthe hood and down? wardly.Therear face of the radiator 15 has a flange 16 similar to the flange10, and secured to the under surface ofthe flange 16 is a drain trough17 which is identical in construction with the trough 11, and is securedin the same manner .to the flange .16, and designed for the samepurpose. The various parts of construction of the trough 17 aredesignated b the same reference characters as used or the correspondingparts of the trough 11. Secured in any suitable manner, preferably byspot-,welding or the like, as at 18 to the side sections 2 and 3 aredraintroughs 19, which are curved 1n cross section as shown and arrangedadjacent the hinge joints 18, `so that any water or the like that mayseep or percolate through the joints `8, will be drained ofi' toward theends of said trough, so as topass downwardly on the inner faces of theside sections 2 and 3. A drain trough 20 is provided for the centralhinge jolnt 7 of the hood. This trough is semicircular in cross section,and its channel 21 is directly under the hinge joint 7. The ends of thechannel 21 are closed by-the end' pieces 22 and 23. Projecting from thelongitudinal edges of the wall of the channel are laterally extendingflanges 24 and 25, and the flange 24 is Vsecured in any suitable manner,preferably by spot welding or the like as at 26 in Fig. 2 to the section4'of the hood, whereby the channel 21 may be arranged under thejoint 7,and also whereby the flange 2 5 may be engaged by the section 5 of thehood,1when the sections Sand 5 are closed as shown in Fig. 2. By meansof this channel 21, any water that will seep through the joint 7 may becarried off through the channel 21 to the forward end of the trough 20,and will then flow through the laterally extending outlet tube 27, Whichdischarges to one side of the engine. In order to carry the water to oneside and downwardly away from the engine, the tube 27 has right angleextending elbows 28, one of which is connected to the bottom of theforward end of the channel 21. These drain troughs may be constructed ofany suitable material preferablyI sheet metal and their details ofconstructionmay bevaried according to the needs of various makes ofautomobile engine hoods.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful isThe combination with an automobile engine hood, comprising hingedsecti0ns,vof a drain trough semi-circular in cross section and providedwith a longitudinal channel underlying the hinge joint between the sec--tions, said trough having laterally extending longitudinally arrangedflanges, one of whicvh being spot-welded to one of the sections of thehood, whereby the channel may underlie said hinge joint, and whereby theother flange may be engaged by the other section of the' hood, -endwalls closin the opposite ends-of said channel, and a rain tubeconnected to one end of the trough and extending laterally for carryingoff the water from the channel to one side and out of contact with theengine.

In testimony whereof I have signed my two subscribing witnesses.

j GEORGE B. STOWE. Witnesses:

E. E. SoWE, W. N. S'rown.

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